The goal of the District’s special education program is to maximize the academic and functional achievement of all students with disabilities. The following objectives will guide the program’s practices:

• To ensure the establishment of procedures to implement the provisions of the Part 200 Regulations of the Commissioner of Education.
• To maintain the committee on preschool special education and the committee on special education to ensure the evaluation of students suspected of having a disability, to recommend appropriate educational supports and programs, and to monitor student progress.
• To provide a free appropriate education in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities between the ages of three and twenty-one or until a high school diploma has been awarded.
• To ensure that students with disabilities have the opportunity to be involved in and progress in the general education curriculum to the maximum extent appropriate.
• To provide the resources necessary for the implementation of a continuum of programs and services to meet the academic, social, physical and management needs of students with disabilities.
• To ensure the confidentiality of personally identifiable data, information or records pertaining to a student with a disability.
• To ensure that adequate and appropriate space is made available to meet the needs of students with disabilities.